I’ve thought the same about containers in general (plastic, glass, metal): standardize sizes and sell goods in reusable containers. Buy your Oreos in a standard reusable container same as any other cookie, eat em, bring it back to the store for a deposit. Companies will hate the reduced branding potential of a cardboard sleeve around a standardized container, but… tough.
I feel that about the Fediverse too, despite being highly technical. Picking a server involves trust (e.g. that they won’t go offline and take your account down with them), but you’re just exposed to a list of servers with no idea who runs them. Plus, the server name shows up in your handle, so it affects one’s public persona and people care about that.
I’m on Lemmy through lemmy.ca which feels like an authoritative “Lemmy for Canada”, but… it’s just some random individual person who snagged the domain name. They seem great but I have no assurance that something weird won’t happen with it later.
Anyone know how a 4-category scale is different than letter grades? Not saying it isn’t, it just isn’t clear in the article.
Hopefully it’s a step toward having fewer grades at all. There’s a lot of research showing how harmful extrinsic rewards are to children’s motivation to learn.
B.C. announces details of single-use plastics ban | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Twitter is burning, Bluesky is smug. Where is the best place to do your pathetic doomscrolling? | First Dog on the Moon [COMIC] (www.theguardian.com)
B.C. public schools ditch letter grades for younger students. What parents need to know | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)